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# plume

noun (a plume, plumes); verb (plume, plumes, plumed, pluming — rare)

«plume» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A large, soft, beautiful feather, or a bunch of feathers worn as decoration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#m1)
2. A long cloud of smoke, steam, dust or water that rises and spreads out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#m2)
3. verb (rare): To rise in a plume, or for a bird to tidy its feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, knights and soldiers wear plumes on their helmets; peacocks show off plumes. In geography and science, a volcano sends up a plume of ash; a factory sends plumes of smoke; a whale's breath makes a plume of spray. Phrases: «a plume of smoke», «a plume of ash», «feathered plume», «plume of steam».

### Examples

- A plume of smoke rose from the chimney. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#x1)
- The volcano sent a huge plume of ash into the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#x2)
- The knight wore a red plume on his helmet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#x3)
- The peacock shook its plumes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#x4)
- The whale blew a plume of spray. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#x5)
- Planes could not fly through the ash plume. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#x6)
- So he picked up some castoff feathers of the Peacocks and stuck them among his own black plumes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a plume, plumes. Related: plumage (all of a bird's feathers). Pronounced «ploom». Trap: do not confuse with «plum» (a fruit) or «plumber».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «plume» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plume/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«plume» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/plume.html) on Mova free.